Grants for Music Teachers

Grants for 2024 will be awarded to eligible teachers who apply between February 1 and April 30 , 2024, and meet grant qualifications below. A grant is awarded for the period of the calendar year in which it is awarded, in consideration of the fact that many teachers of students K-12 teach by semester and do not have students in the summer. 

- To purchase music to be given to the teacher's music students.

- To reduce the cost of music lessons for one or more music students taking lessons from the teacher. SAC recommends that students pay at least a minimal amount of the cost so that they and their parents will be invested.

- To provide extra lessons or tutoring for the teacher’s music students who are entering competitions or have upcoming performances. 

- To provide enriching musical experiences and activities (for examples, opportunities to attend concerts or music workshops) in the student's medium (instrument or voice). 

- To assist in the upkeep of an instrument (reeds, drumsticks, pitch pipes, etc.)

To be considered eligible for the grant, a teacher must be a music teacher, state the means by which the teacher acquires students (such as advertising materials), must reside within the Salida, Buena Vista, Cotopaxi, or Custer County school district boundaries, must have any required city or county licenses, and must file an annual report to SAC by the deadline indicated below.     

Grants may be awarded to previous recipients in subsequent years, still on a first come-first granted basis, as long as the recipient complied with all grant requirements pertaining to previous grants awarded.